Dr. Dava Newman, Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Engineering Systems at MIT, and Jeffrey Hoffman, former NASA Astronaut and Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at MIT will bring the prototype of a new kind of spacesuit they are developing: the BioSuit. In 2007, Dr. Newman was named an "Innovator of the Year" by Time magazine for the BioSuit, which is designed to enhance astronauts' locomotion and life support when spacewalking. There will be a meet and greet beginning at 5:30 p.m. and the presentation will begin at 6:30 p.m.
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